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Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs During their meeting on Aug. 23, the council for the Village of Donnelly approved a motion to enter into a contract with Beairsto & Associates Engineering Ltd. of Grande Prairie, to do paving work on…
M.D. conducting its summer mowing program

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Despite some stops due to excess moisture and breakdowns, the M.D. of Smoky River No. 130 is continuing the summer mowing program. Normand Boulet, the ag fieldman for the M.D., discussed this as part of…
M.D. council approves 2017 tax sales

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs During their meeting on Aug. 9, the council for the M.D. of Smoky River No. 130 approved a 2017 tax sale. Two residential properties and one commercial property are set to be sold and the…

CAO Rita Maure Village of Donnelly Delegate Kathie Harop and Toni Petteplace of ATCO Electric made two presentations, one on Invested versus Non-vested street lights and the other on LED lights. Smoky River Regional Economic Development Council has decided to…
The Lesser Slave Watershed Council celebrates 10 years

On Friday June 16th people from all over the Lesser Slave Lake area met in Faust, Alberta for the Lesser Slave Watershed Council’s (LSWC) 10th Annual General Meeting (AGM). The meeting consisted of a review of the year’s activities, presented…

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Asset Management Program On a motion by Councillor Eckhard Christen, the Town of McLennan in partnership with the M.D. of Smoky River No. 130, the Town of Falher, the Village of Donnelly and the Village…
Falher council gives first reading for party wall

Mac Olsen Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs During their meeting on June 12, council for the Town of Falher gave first reading to Bylaw No. 17-05, for the addition of a party wall. This is a wall to be built on a…
Donnelly council passes $691,179 budget

CAO Rita Maure Village of Donnelly Delegate Georgia Illiou gave an annual report in a Power Point presentation and council received it as information, along with the audited financial statements for FCSS and Smoky River Community Transportation Program. Council accepted…

Tom Henihan Express Staff @SmokyRiverExprs Weed Inspectors On a motion by Councillor Gary Fisher, Council appointed as Inspectors under Section 7 of the Weed Control Act and Section 10 of the Agricultural Pests Act of Alberta for 2017, the individuals…
Falher council approves $1.16 million budget for 2017

Mac Olsen Express Staff During their meeting on May 15, Falher council approved a budget of $1.166 million for 2017. Council also gave all three readings to Bylaw No. 17-04, setting the property taxes. All property taxes must be paid…